Charles



CHARLES O. STEVENS.,l OVF` AUBURN,' MAINE.

Letters Patent No. 81,307, dated August 18, 1868.

IMPROVE MEN T IN HRSE-SHOES.

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TO ALL-WHOM vI'I MAY CONCERN:

Y Be it known that I, CHARLES O. STEVENS, of the town of Auburn, in the county of Androscoggin, and,

State of Moine, lia-ve invented a new and useful Improvement in Horse-Shoes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to'the accompanying drawings, und to the letters of reference marked thereon, makinga part of this specification.

arranged as hereinafter described.

bottom piece, F.

My invention relates togan improvement in horse-shoes, which may be secured to the hooi` without the use of nails, and Without requiring the services offz'i smith.

The invention consists in constructing a shoe with a cap, to fthover and about the hoof.

The said shoe is jointed at each of its sides, and clamped or fastened to thc hcc 5y means of a screw,

The following description will enable others to understand my invention,rei`crence being hadn to the accompanying drawing. t

The front part of thcshoe, B, is fitted to the contour of the forwardpart ci the hooi', encasing` and protecting the same, and extending upward about the third of the height of the hoof.

rEhe rear piece, C, is also formed to it the contour of the hoof A, and is joined, by means of a hinge or pivot, to tho forward part of the shoe, B. The rear. piece, C, may be moved laterally about the pivotG as a centre, und may thus be made to occupy any desired position.

The rear part of the shoe is thus separated into two parts at the pivot G, to wit, thc rear piece, C, and thc A rightfhanded female screw is cut through the extremity of the rear piece, C, and a left-hnnded female "rer-f through the extremity of the rear piece, II, and corresponding screws arewcut in the ends of the crosshar c, so that When the said cross-bar eis turned on its axis in one direction, the rear pieces, C and H, are made to r and may thus be rmiy clamped about the rear part of the hoof.

eede from eech other or open, and when turned in an'opposite direction, the said rear pieces close together,

It is submitted that this construction gives a. shoe superior in essential points to any heretofore used.

loving thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 'lhe top piece,`B, and rear piece, C, joined by the pivot G, secured to -the hoot` by means oi' the screw'crossbare, substantially as herein set-forth and for the purposes herein mentioned.

' CHARLES O. STEVENS. Witnesses: v

R. L. Ross, Jr.,

Guns. S. WHITMAN. 

